Buffer.



H. C. ROGERS.

' BUFFER.

' APPLlCATlON FILED JULY 2a. 1915 1,163,463, Eatented Dec. 7, 1915.

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ROBERT CLIFTON ROGERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUFFER.

Application filed July 28, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Honnnr C. Booms, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Buffer, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to buffers, and particularly to adjustable buffers for automobile doors, and has for an object the provision of an improved simplified arrangement whiclrmay be quickly and easily adjusted. at any time.

Another object in view is to provide a butler which may be used upon a door at any point and a door of any kind. with-a minimum amount of work in applying the same the first time and practically no work in renewing the same. 4

A still further object in view is to provide a buffer formed from a bulling material, as for instance, rubber, and an adjusting member extending therethrough which acts as a cam or wedging member "for gradually forcing the butting structure outwardly or toward the door or other member to be ejected.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a horizontal longitudinal section through part of a door and adjacent jai'nb, an ear bodiment of the invention being shown associated therewith, said embodiment being partially broken away for better illustrating the construction; Fig. :2 is a fragmentary sectional View through the boiler shown in Fig. 1, the same being taken approximately is a fri igmentary front view of the jamb or casing of the door with certain parts broken away, together with a slightly modified form of the invention applied thereto; Fig. l is a top plan view (:f the structure shown in Fig. 3.

In mounting doors of various kinds in position the same are originally arranged to fit properly so not to rattle, but in the course of time the parts become worn and the 'door is then allowed to rattle. This is especially true of doors on vehicles of varia butler especially adapted for holding auto- Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDec. 7, 1915.

Serial No. 42,286.

mobile doors against rattling, although the butter may be used for other doors without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a door casing and 2 the door which may be of any suitable construction provided with a. flange 3 if desired. When provided with a flange 3 a butler 4 is arranged as shown in Fig. 4 and is caused to project a slight distance beyond the casing 1 so as to resiliently press against the flange 3 and thus produce a tension against the door, the door being of course held in place by any suitable form of catch (not shown). In arranging the buffer at in position in the casing 1 the same is provided with a bore 5 which is produced by any suitable auger or drill of the proper size. The buffer 4 is then forced into the position shown in Fig. 1, the buffer being of a size to produce a tight fit and is thereby held in position by friction. I

The buffer 1 is formed with a tubular bulling member 6 which may be rubber, and an adjustable screw 7 arranged in the tubular member and extending beyond the inner end thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. The screw 7 passes through a nut S which may have a washer 9 formed integral therewith or forme as an independent member. \Vasher 9 is preferably provided with teeth for engaging the tubular member 6 so that when a screw driver is forced into the kerf in the end of screw 7 the screw may be rotated and nut 8 caused to press against the inner end of tubular member (3 and consequently move the buffer l outwardly in ortier to take up any wear on the buffer or door or adjacent parts. A metallic washer 10, if desired, may be placed in the bottom of bore 5, though this is not absolutely necessary.

In some automobiles the casing 1 is pro vided with a dovetailed opening 11 in which a dovetailed butter '-l is positioned, said buffer having an aperture for accommodating the screw 7 which screw is passed through the not 8 and washer 9', said washer being formed integrally or independent of the nut It is observed. from this way may be placed in position by merely forcing the same manually into the a round buffer preferably slot. Where a door casing has no opening or place for receiving a butler a round hole is preferably drilled as shown in Fig. 1 and used. It is of course evident that the butter could be held against the flange 3. as shown in Fig. 1. or against any other part of the door. 'hen the butter wears away from its outer end a screw driver is inserted into the kert' of the screw 7, which screw is rotated until a sutficient amount of the butter is forced beyond the casing 1 to properly engage the door for preventing the .rattling thereof. Successive movements of the rubber or tubular member t) will naturally cause all of the tubular member to be utilized, and when this is the case the entire structure is moved from bore 5 or slot 11 as the case may be and a new rubber or tubular member 6 is placed in position and the parts again forced into the bore in the casing. The butter has been described as being arranged in the casing 1 but it is evident that the same could be located on the door as well as the casing and that any number of the buffers could be used together.

VVhat I claim is:

1. In a butler ot the character described. a resilient member ha ring an opening therethrough. a screw arranged in said opening, and a nut mounted on said screw and engaging one end of the resilient member whereby when the butter is in a socket and the screw is rotated in one direction the resilient member will be gradually forced from the socket. 1

2. In a butler (it eli'e character described, a body of rubber haying ,an aperture 6K; tending therethrough. a-tlireaded plate arranged on one end of said body of rubber, and a threaded member arranged in said aperture and engaging said threaded plate, said threaded member being formed with a head constructed to receive a tool whereby the threaded member may be rotated.

I). in a butler of the charact r described,

the etnnbination with a member having a bore therein. ot a resilient member arranged in said bore. a nut arrangedin said bin" and between the bottom of said member and the resilient member. and a screw arranged in the re ilient member and adapted to be forced through said nut and caused to press against the bottom ol said here while the threads of the screw act on the nut and thereby more the resilient member away from the bottom of the bore.

l. A better of the character described, comprising a resilient body, a screwj arranged therein extending therefrom. a nut fitting said screw. and a roughened member connected with said nut and engaging said resilient body for preventing the rotation of the nut independent of the resilient body.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

IIOBERT CLIFTON ROGERS.

\Vitnesses:

JEREMIAH Romans, JEXNIE A. Monoan. 

